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IINiTElD STATES PATENT UEETcE DANIEL BROMLEY, OF CARROLLTON, KENTUCKY.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part o1' Letters Patent No. 369,582, datedSeptember 6, 1887.

' Application filed October 7, 1886. Serial No. 215,598, (No model.)

To all whom t may concern/.-A

Be it known that I, DANIEL B BOMLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carrollton, in the county of Carroll and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay and otherPresses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to presses, especially to those adapted to balehay or to prize tobacco; and its objects are to construct a light andcompact press that can easily be manipulated and in which very greatforce with a given powermay be brought to bear upon the material to becompressed.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide means whereby thefollower may be automatically retained at the lowest point or otherdesired point of its descent, and may at anytime afterits descent bereadily released so that it may ascend and release the compressedmaterial.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and pointed out'in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this invention, Figurel represents a side elevation of my improved press. Fig. 2 represents avertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view,partly in section, showing the mechanism for retaining the follower atany desired point of its descent, and also the means to prevent the beamto which the follower' is attached from binding on the frame of thepress.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A, Fig. l, designates the frame ofa press composed of the base-frame, A', the similar opposite uprights orstandards, a a, rising centrally from the base A near the sides thereof,and the transverse top beam, a', firmly secured to the upper ends of thestandards. Thestaudards and top beam are held firmly in place by thebrace-rods a2, attached at their lower ends in any suitable manner tothe base A and bolted at their upper' ends to the transverse platessecured' to the upper surface of the beam a.

B designates a thick and heavy transverse beam, having verticalrectangular slots at equal distances from its ends, through which slotspass the standards c, the beam riding up and down on said standards.

b b are metal casings which partially surround the standards a, theupright portion of each casing bearing against the inner and sidesurfaces of the adjacent standard, and its horizontal portion beingsecured by a bolt or otherwise to the upper and lower surfaces of thebeam B. These casings strengthen the said beam B at the points at whichit is slotted, and also act as guides to the beam when moving on thestandards, as shown in Fig. 3.

b b', Fig. 3, are friction-rollers, the jourL nals of which havebearings in ears or projections standing, respectively, upward anddownward from the upper and lower surfaces of the casings b. Theserollers cause the beam B to move easily, and tend to prevent one end ofit from ascending or descending faster than the other in order to avoidbinding upon the standards. v

c is thefollower,connected to the beam B by the depending bars c, Figs.l and 2. rlhefollower is situated centrally between the stand-v ards,and may be of any suitable construction, according to the work to bedone. In prizing tobacco it would be a solid back or plate, and to balehay it could be made of open frame work, as seen in Fig. 2.

D D are counter-weights secured to the outer ends of the ropes d, eachof which runs over a pulley, d', journaled in the upright arms of abracket secured to one end of the beam a'near one side thereof, thepulleys at each end being on opposite sides of the 'beanr The rope dru-ns from the pulley d in and over one groove in adoubly-groovedpulley,d2, journaled in the upright arms of a bracketsecured to the beam a at a suitable distance from the pulley d.Descending from the pulley d, the rope passes under a pulley, di,journaled in thc arms of a bracket secured to the beam B, then ascendsand passes over the unoccupied groove in the pulley di, and, descendingthence, is secured to a ring or staple rising from one of the bearing-IOO arms of the pulley d3. rIhe weights D should a little more thanequal the combined weights of the follower, the beam B, and theirconnecting-bars, so that when the beam is released it can rise or bemoved up quickly and easily. The weights are placed at the sides, sothat they will not strike the beam B as the latter rises and they areplaced on opposite sides to distribute the weight equally in relation tothe frame A.

EE are vertical racks, each of which is secured to the outer side of oneof the standards a. The teeth ofthe racks have their inclined surfacesupward and their engaging surfaces downward.

E E are levers, each of which is pivoted very near its inner end at apoint between the lower ends of the arms of a hanger or yoke, e, theupper end of which is pivoted to a bracket secured to the lower surfaceof the beam B near the end of the latter. The inner end of each lever isedged to engage between the teeth of v the corresponding rack.

F F are long loops of metal rod, each of which has its ends pivoted to abracket depending from the beam B to the inner side of the correspondingstandard,a. The loop surrounds the said standard, and being inclinedoutward will,when free, fall against the teeth ofthe rack, and its bendwill engage therewith. To release the rack a cord secured to the bendofthe loop is pulled outward. This cord preferably runs through loops orrings secured to the lever to be within easy reach of the personoperating the lever.

The follower is depressed by two persons, who operate the levers Esimultaneously. The point of each lever is depressed, in order todisengage it from one tooth and engage it with the next lower tooth. Thepoint is then elevated, drawing` down the beam B, by means of the yokee, the distance of one tooth. When the point of the lever is disengaged,the beam is prevented from rising by the loop F, the bend of which fallsbetween successive teeth. When the follower has been thus moved down asfar as desirable, the loops may be drawn outward by the means described.-The follower is then free to rise.

G is the box in which the compression takes place when hay is beingpressed and for which a hogshead is substituted when tobacco is beingprized.

The box G rests upon a platform or car, g, having the rollers g'journaled in its sides. The said rollers travel upon the base A', and,to facilitate the work of pressing or prizing the platform is made longenough to receive two boxes upon it, one near each end, as seen in Fig.2. Then, as one box is being packed, the other can be filled withmaterial for packing.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a press, the combination, with the` vertical racks secured to themain frame, the slotted transverse beam traveling on the standards ofthe main frame, and the levers, yokes,

and loops, all constructed substantially as described, of the pulleys onthe traveling beam and main frame, the ropes passing, as described,around said pulleys, and the counterweights to lift the traveling beamwhen the levers and loops are disengaged from the racks, substantiallyas specified.

2. In a press, the combination, with the main frame, the slottedtransverse beam traveling on the standards of the main frame, and theracks, levers, yokes, and loops, all conl structed substantially asspecified, of the ropes engaging the pulleys on the traveling beam andthe top beam of the main frame, in the manner described, and thecounter-weights attached to the outer depending ends of said ropes andsituated on the sides of the main frame in such manner as not to strikethe traveling beam when said beam ascends and on opposite sides of themain frame, in order properly to distribute the weight in relationthereto, substantially as specified.

3. In a press, the combination, with the main frame, racks, levers, andloops, travel- Ving transverse beam, and follower secured thereto, allconstructed substantially as described, of the platform or car providedwith the transverse rollers g', traveling on the base of the main frameand long enough to receive upon it two similar boxes, G, one of whichcan be packed, while the other, not under the follower, can be filledfor packing, substantially as specified. v

4. In a press, the combination of the counter-weights and ropesattaching the same to the traveling beam, substantially as described,with the main frame, the slotted traveling beam B, provided with thepartial casings b, and friction-rollers b', journaled upon said casingsabove and below said beam, the rack-bars secured to the outer surfacesof the standard a of the main frame, the metal loop F, pivoted tobrackets on the beam B and engaging the corresponding racks, the leversE, the 4pivoted yokes e, and the cords f, passing through rings attachedat suitable points of the levers to their outer ends, so that thepersons using the lever can, when necessary, immediately detach theloops from the racks, substantially as specified. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in prcsence'of two witnesses.

DANIEL BROMLEY.

Witnesses:

S. K. TAYLOR, JAs. G. GosLEE.

